Language of the Birds — Attraction in San Francisco

We start to investigate the light art in SF. The name of this public light art is ‘Language of the birds’ which was a mystical language God used to talk with Adam and Eve when he walked with them in the garden of Eden. A flock of 23 sculpted, illuminated books, which appear to have taken flight from the plaza like pigeons scared up by a passer-by. The energy used to illuminate the books is offset by solar panels installed as part of the project on the roof of City light bookstore. What a brilliant idea! Solutes to the artist: Brian Goggin, Dorka Keehn, San Francisco arts commission, Tonia MacNeil. However, we didn’t know there were fallen words in English, Italian and Chinese in the plaza floor below appear to have fallen...

Language of the Birds is a public attraction available 24/7, but it's better to see it at night. Located on the corner of Broadway/Columbus Ave, it's basically string light with book shape transparent housing. Intermittent flashing light illuminate the corner stopping tourist in their tracks. That's about it for Language...

Language of the Birds is an interesting public art piece on Columbus Ave. It is illuminated at night, but I actually prefer it during the day highlighted against a bright blue sky. It can be visited 24 hours but be aware that there are a lot of sex clubs nearby that attract interesting people at night...